Mitch Marner has found a new way to piss off Leafs fans

"A lot has been made of Marner's production in his first postseason outside of Toronto. He has led the entire league in playoff scoring and has been heralded as some player that the Leafs sort of ruined and how the hockey world never got to see him shine. But then Leafs fans came back with the reality that he was doing this against teams like the Utah Mammoth and Anaheim Ducks, instead of the behemoth Tampa Bay Lightning or Florida Panthers every year."

"Well, that rationale has just been unraveled and now we get to just point and yell at our screens and ask ourselves why the heck Mitch Marner couldn't do all of this while playing for his hometown team. Mitch Marner scores goal of the playoffs, and it's frustrating"

"In the opening minutes of Game 6 between the Golden Knights and Ducks, Marner scored what should be the best goal of this year's playoffs and honestly one of the best goal in recent memory. It's nuts. It's stupid. It's upsetting. Marner was able to take a big breakout pass for a breakaway, but Ducks blueliner Jackson LaCombe is draped all over him."

"The former Leaf tries to shake off the top Anaheim defenseman off. He then turns and stops right in front of Lukas Dostal, dekes his brain off its stem, gets the Ducks goalie to bite hard all while he's putting his body between the goal and the puck. So, of course, naturally, he just decided to dip and dangle and score the game-opening goal between his legs."

Mitch Marner’s playoff success outside Toronto has drawn attention, with claims that the Maple Leafs failed to let him shine. Earlier skepticism focused on the quality of opponents, pointing to teams such as Utah and Anaheim rather than elite contenders like Tampa Bay or Florida. That argument weakens after Marner delivers a standout goal in Game 6 against Anaheim. He receives a breakout pass, fights through coverage from a top Ducks defender, and uses body positioning to block the lane to the puck. He then dekes Lukas Dostal, forces the goalie to commit, and scores the opening goal by dipping and dangling between the goalie’s legs.

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